Car journal-box.



PATENTED NOV. 2l, 1905.

A. V. PEPPARD.

CAR JOURNAL BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED Mula, 1905.

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No. 805,151. PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905.

A. V. PEPPARD.

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APPLICATION FILED MABJB, 1905.

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CAIR .JOURNAL-Box.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed March 18, 1905. Serial No. 250,796.

To @l whom Lr may concern:

Be it known that I, ARBOR VITA PEPPARD, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, have invented a new and Improved Oar Journal-Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

Oar journal-boxes as ordinarily made have spaced ribs formed therein on the sides of the box-body, these ribs serving to center the shoe that holds in place the bearing-shell, technically known as a brass, and the latter atopposite sides also has contact with the ribs.

It sometimes happens that a brass that is badly worn splits lengthwise or is spread apart laterally, which will wedge the side portions of the brass between the ribs on the box side walls and immovably fix it, and as such a damaged brass must be exchanged for a new one, to do which the box has to be jacked up a considerable distance and the brass cut out with hammer and chisel, it will be evident that considerable delay of a train results.

The object of my invention is to provide simple novel details of construction for a car journal-box which will permit the use therein of the standard brass and facilitate the free removal of a worn-out or split brass without excessive loss of time by merely raising the box suiiiciently to remove the bearing-weight from the brass that is to be displaced, and thus enable the insertion of a new one.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as is hereinafter described, and defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a sectional side View of a journal-box having the improvements engaged with the journaled end of the axle. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view substantially on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the box-body and a plan view of the journaled end of an axle therein, substantially on the line 8 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a liner-plate that is a detail of the invention. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a shoe employed, having a detail of the invention thereon. Fig. 6 is a sectional reverse plan view of the rear portion of the box-body, showing a feature of the improvement on the top wall and inner side of Fig. 7 is a plan view, in part, of

said box.

the upper side of a bearing-brass employed, showing a novel detail thereon. Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view substantially on the angular line 8 8 in Fig. l, and Fig. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the top wall of the box-body and a novel detail thereon that holds a novel liner-plate from shifting endwise in the box on a shoe which retains a journal-brass in engagement with an axle-journal.

The journal-box, which illustrates the application of the improvements, is of a kind generally employed on railroad-cars, and con sists of a hollow body l0. cast into form, having parallel side walls 10, a iiat bottom wall 10b, and a rear end wall 10, that is apertured for the free introduction of the journaled end ll of an axle l1, 'the ordinary provision for packing the opening around the axle being shown at 10i. A hinged lid 10k at the front end ofthe box l0 closes an opening a, which extends down the width of the box from the top wall 10d to an upwardly-curved wall 10e, which with the other walls of the box, that extend from the bottom thereof, affords a receptacle for the sponging A of fibrous material that when saturated with a liquid lubricant supplies the latter to the journal 1112 It will be seen in Figs. 2, 3, and 8 that the side walls l()a are devoid of projections on their inner surfaces, and as the opening@ extends from one side wall to the other one means is afforded for the free insertion of parts that will now be described.

One essential feature of the improvement is a liner-plate l2, which, as shown, consists of a fiat slab of metal having parallel sides and a rectangular contour, tbe width of said plate permitting its free insertion within the box-body, loosely engaging the side edges of the same with the opposite side walls IOL. At the front end and on the lower side of the liner-plate 12 a transverse depending flange b is formed thereon, and near each side edge of the liner-plate, behind the flange I), similar openings c areformed therethrough, as shown in Figs. l and 4. The liner-plate l2 is designed to have bearing contact with the upper side lOdof the box l() when inserted therein, and, as shown in Fig. 6, projections Z are formed on the inner side of said top wall in the rear corners of the box where the flat surface of said wall meets the rear end wall 10c, these downward projections aording abutments whereon the rear transverse edge of the liner-plate impinges when fully inserted.

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At a suitable distance from the front transverse edge of the top wall 10d a transverse upright iiange 1011s formed thereon, having two,vertical openings therein, which respectively aline with the openings c in the linerplate 12 when the latter is fully inserted within the box 10. In the openings in the flange 1()l keeper-bolts 10 are loosely inserted and are normally pressed downward by aplate-spring 10, that bears on the upper end of each keeperbolt, the bolts 10 passing down through the openings c when the linerplate 12 is in position within the box-body 10. A forwaidly-projecting toe 1()ll is formed or secured on the front side of each keeperbolt 10m, these toes being adapted to slide in vertical slots c', formed in the front walls of the openings, in which the keeper-bolts are loosely held and project therethrough sufliciently to provide finger-holds, that enable an upward sliding movement of Athe keeper-bolts against stress of the springs 10g.

Upon each keeper-bolt on its side that is exposed tlirough the slot c a prop-arm 10l is secured by its upper end, these prop-arms being preferably in the form of plate-springs that will project outward sui'liciently at their free lower ends to rest upon the top wall 10l when the keeper-bolts 1()I are fully elevated and serve as props for holding the bolts raised against the pressure of the springs 10g.

A shoe 13 is employed comprising a capplate having a rectangular contour that, as shown in Fig. 5, is formed with two spaced depending' walls 13, the outer surfacesof which are at right angles with the equal portions of the cap-plate. that project laterally from these walls. The sides of the depending walls 13" that are adjacent to each other slope inward and upward, merging in the lower surface of the cap-plate that is between them, thus providing an angular recess e, wherein is bedded the corresponding upper side of a brass 14; of nearly the usual shape, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 8. rIhe side edges of the cap portion of the shoe 13 lit loosely between the side walls 10 of the box 10, and near the center of these side edges on each one a downwardly-extended lilling-block 13b is formed on the lower side of the cap-plate, which blocks are integral with the outer faces of the depending walls 13 and on their outer surfaces are flush with the edges they depend from, thus affording parallel outer faces on the iilling-blocks, which lit loosely against the inner sides of the box-walls 10" when the shoe is in place within the box. 'lheiilling-blocks 13, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, project somewhat below the lower edges of the depending walls 13, and on the inner sides of these downward projections a rabbet g is formed on each one, these rabbets accommodating the upper corners of the side walls on the brass 14, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 8.

The journal 11L is, as usual, formed with a collar /r on the outer end and a shoulder t' on the opposite end, produced by reducing the diameter of the journal-portion of the axle 11, and the distance between the collar and shoulder is such that the brass 14C fits loosely endwise between them, as is shown in Fig. 1.

The brass 14C is provided with a flange m, that projects upward at the rear end thereof, and forwardly on each side of the brass a lug a is formed that has contact at the rear end thereof with an upright shoulder 0, that is the front wall on each filling-block 13b, these lugs being novel details on the otherwise ordinary brass-bearing block for the journal-box 10.

The length of the shoe 13 is 'such that its front end will be flush with the front end of the brass'lf when the rear end of said shoe is in contact with the upward iange m and the lugs n are in contact with the shoulders 0 on the iilling-blocks 13b, and it will be evident that when the brass is properly seated upon the shoe and the shoe and brass are inserted within the box 10 they will be held transversely centered in the latter on account of the loose engagement of the outer sides of th-e iilling-blocks 13" with the inner sides of the walls 10 on the box 10.

rlhe thickness of the liner-plate 12 is so proportionedthat when the journal-box is in position on the journal end 11u of the axle 11 and the combined shoe 13 and brass 14 are placed upon the journal the liner-plate will looselyiit in the space left between the top ofthe shoe and the top wall of the box 10, and to adapt the parts for convenient assembling the liner-plate should equal in thickness or slightly exceed in thickness theheight of the collar /r on the journal end 11u.

In the cap-plate of the shoe 13, at the front transverse edge thereof, twol similar recesses of are formed, as shown in Fig. 5, these recesses being adapted to receive the lower ends of the keeper-bolts 10' when the linerplate 12, shoe 13, and brass 14 are placed in operative positions within the box 10.

To permit the insertion of the liner-plate 12, the keeper-bolts 10 are raised and held elevated by the piop-arms 10, that spring outward when these bolts are flush at their lower ends with the lower side of the top wall 10d of the box 10. The liner-plate 12 may now be slid into the space above the shoe 13, its full insertion being determined by the impingement of its rear edgeupon the abutmentsd and contact of the flange on the front end of the shoe 13. The liner and shoe are now held securely from forward movement by releasing the keeper-bolts 10, that is effected by pressing the prop-arms 10l toward the bolts, so that the arms and bolts may slide downward in the openings c until the lower ends of said keeper-bolts seat in the recesses c2, as shown in Fig. l.

In case a brass 14 becomes worn out and requires immediate exchange for a new one the IIO removal of the old brass may be quickly and conveniently effected by first jacking up the journal-box 10, then raising the keeper-bolts 1()m until their lower ends are above the linerplate, which will release it and permit its withdrawal through the opening a after the lid 10k is raised. The shoe 13 and the wornout brass may now be lifted from the journal 11EL and be removed freely through the opening a, the space afforded by the removal of the liner-plate permitting this to be effected.

A new brass 14 may now be engaged with the shoe 13 and both be inserted into the box 10, seating the brass on the journal 11a, after which the liner plate is replaced and the keeper-bolts 10m lowered, so as to seat in the recesses c2, their engagement with the linerplate and shoe serving to hold these parts from movement end wise while the fillingblocks 13", thatloosely contact with the sides of the box, hold the shoe centered therein.

After the liner-plate 12 is secured in place the lid 10k is closed and the jack adjusted, so as to lower the box and seat the brass on the journal 11, the removal of the jack completing-the operation that has consumed but a few minutes.

It is to be understood that the improvements may be employed in connection with jou rnal-boxes on a locomotive-engine or on the boxes for axles of any style of passengercar and serve effectively.

' Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination with a journal-box, and,

an axle-journal in the box, formed with a shoulder and a collar on the end of an axle, of a bearing-brass seated upon the journal between the shoulder and collar and having opposite lugs on respective sides, a shoe seated upon the bearing-brass, having' a filling-block at each side, which blocks respectively engage the lugs, and a liner-plate that is insertible between the shoe and the inner surface of the top wall of the box.

2. The combination with a journal-box having smooth parallel sides within and abutments in the upper rear corners therein, and an axle-journal in the box, of a bearing-brass having an upright flange at its rear end and two opposite lugs on its sides, a shoe fitted upon the angular top side of the brass and impinging at its rear end upon the upright flange, said end of the shoe having contact with the abutments on the box, lling-bloclxs depending from a cap-plate on the shoe at opposite sides thereof, said blocks having loose contact with the sides of the box and also bearing upon the lugs, a flat liner-plate insertible between thel shoe and top wall of the axle-box and having a depending flange at the front end, the rear end thereof impinging upon the ab'utments, and means for locking the liner-plate to the top wall of the axle-box.

3. rlhe combination with a journal-box having an opening in the front end, closable with a lid, and an axle-journal therein, of a bearing-brass seated upon the journal and having opposite lugs on its sides and an upright flange at its rear end, a shoe seated upon the bearing-brass and having opposite shoulders on its sides that engage upright edges of the lugs, a liner-plate insertible between the shoe and top wall of the box and having a depending liange on its front end, that engages the front end of the shoe, and spring-pressed bolts working through the top wall ofthe box and passing down through openings in the linerplate.

4. The combination with a journal-box having an opening in the front end, closable with a lid, and an axle-journal therein, of a bearingbrass seated upon the journal, a shoe seated upon the brass, a liner-plate insertible between the top of the shoe and the top wall of the box, and means for holding the shoe and linerplate stationary, comprising two keeper-bolts slidable vertically in openings in the top wall of the journal-box and also through alined openings in the linerplate, seating in recesses in the shoe, springs depressing said keeper-bolts, and prop-arms carried by the keeper-bolts and adapted for holding said bolts raised against the stress of the springs.

5. ln a journal-box of the character described, the shoe formed with filling-blocks on opposite sides, which afford bearings that loosely contact with the inner sides of the box, and also contact with lugs on a bearing-brass upon which said shoe seats.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARBOR VITA PEPPARD. Witnesses:

CHARLES A. VAUGHAN, R. H. PEEL.

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